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RE: Siag cannot import files with spaces



> > Just downloaded new siag 3.2.0 and noticed that it
> > cannot import files with spaces in filenames or dirnames.
> > It can open .siag files, but cannot import .xls or .doc.
> > If I want to open doc file from /mnt/c/My Documents,
> > it tries to open /mnt/c/My.
> 
> Are you sure it's not the shell playing tricks on you? Siag 
> like most Unix
> programs doesn't treat spaces specially as part of filenames. I can do
> this:
> 
> libretto:~$ mkdir "dir with spaces"
> libretto:~$ siag		# create file in new directory
> libretto:~$ ls "dir with spaces"
> more spaces.siag
> libretto:~$ siag "dir with spaces/more spaces.siag"

OK, then create "more spaces.doc" and try to import it
from pw with File Open dialog. It should not work,
but opening "more spaces.siag" works.